Detachable wagon-skate.



M. AUBERTEL.

DETAOHABLE WAGON SKATE.

APPLICATION rum) JAN.13. 1910.

958,461 Patented May 17,1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

MAX AUBERTEL, 0F CORNWALL ON THE HUDSON, NEW YORK.

DETACHABLE WAGON-SKATE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX AUBERTEL, a citi zen of the United States, and aresident of Cornwall on the Hudson, county of Orange, State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in DetachablelVagon-Skates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in detachable wagon skatesand pertains particularly to a novel kind of skates of channel iron formwhich are adapted to be quickly applied to and detached from the wheelsof any vehicle. These wagon skates are very useful for instance when thevehicle passes first over city streets from which the snow has beenremoved and then reaches roads or ground covered with snow or ice.

The present invention has for its special object to produce wagon skatesby means of which quick turns and sharp curves may be made. To attainthis desirable result each wheel of a vehicle is provided with oneindependent skate. By simplicity in construction the cost of productionhas been so reduced that the novel device forms a general commodity.Adjustable means are provided in connection with the skates which renderit possible to apply the skates to all kinds and sizes of wheels and ithas been sought to produce a neat but durable article, all as will befully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawingsin which:

Figure 1 represents in side elevation a vehicle with wagon skatesattached thereto embodying in desirable form the present improvements.Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on an enlarged scale on line 22 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 illustrates in elevation on an enlarged scale the lowerportion of a wheel secured to the middle port-ion of a skate, and Fig.4: is a section on line H of Fig. 3.

Similar characters of reference denote like par-ts in allthe figures.

The novel wagon skates, being in form of channel irons are relativelylight and as one independent skate is provided for each wheel the skatesare not very long and there fore will be carried conveniently in thevehicle when not in use without occupying much space.

On the drawing (4 represents the vehicle, I) is a front wheel of sameand c a rear Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 13, 1910.

Patented May 17, 1910.

Serial No. 537,799.

wheel. The skates (Z are all of the same construction except to notethat the skate of the rear wheel is somewhat longer because rear wheelsare usually larger than the front wheels. Each skate consists of achannel iron whose frontportion d is bent upwardly and curved while therear portion is but slightly bent in an upward direction as shown at (ZIn the vertical portions of the skate there are openings 6. These arelocated in the front and rear portions of the skate and coincide witheach other. When the skates are in use the wheels of the ve hicle standeach in the center of a skate as shown in Fig. 1. The sides of thechannel iron prevent the wheel from moving sidewise.

In order to hold the wheels in a stationary position during the use ofthe skates securing 7 devices are provided two for each skate. Thesedevices are of simple construction but retain the wheels veryeffectively and may be secured and released quickly and conveniently.Each securing device consists of two metal rods f, 9 having threaded endportions 7, while the other end is bent forming acute, angular hooks f 9In order to render the application of the hooks conveniently possiblethe unthreaded portions of the rods are bent somewhat inwardly. Thesmall iron plate It having two openings is slipped onto the threadedportions of the rods forming thus a connecting member and securingscrews 2', j are provided one on each threaded portion above theconnecting plate h. The securing devices are applied in a very simplemanner.. First the screwsi, j are turned up ward leaving the lowerportion of the rods longer than required, the device is applied to thewheels between two spokes 70, Z and the hooks inserted one each in anopening 6 of. the side flanges of the skate. The securing screws arescrewed home until the device is tight. Two devices of the kinddescribed are applied to each wheel one in the lower front portion andone in the lowerrear portion as shown on the drawing. Thus the securingdevices rest on the inner and the side surfaces of the wheel. When it isdesired to remove the skates the securing screws are loosened and thehooks taken out of the openings 6 in the skate when it may easily beremoved. I prefer to use thumb screws or winged screws which do notrequire any tool to be tightened and may easily be operated by handwhereby the application and removal of the securing devices is greatlyfacilitated.

I claim as my invention:

1. Detachable wagon skates for vehicle wheels comprising each a skateproper of channel iron form having a curved front portion bent upwardlyand openings in its side flanges in the front and rear portions of theskate, and two securing devices consisting each of two metal rodsforming acute angular hooks at one end and threaded at. the other, a rodconnecting metal plate, and a tightening screw on each threaded rodportion..

2. In a detachable wagon skate of the type described a securing deviceconsisting of two metal rods with threaded end portions, a rodconnecting metal plate with two openings ada ted to be slipped on thethreaded portlons of the rods, a tightening screw on each threadedportion, and two out.- wardly bent acute angular hooks formed one on thesecond end of each rod, said hook containing rod portion being slightlybent inwardly for the purpose specified.

3. In a vehicle in combination, a vehicle wheel and a detachable wagonskate consisting of a skate proper of channel iron form with curvedfront portion bent upwardly, a rear portion slightly bent in an upwarddirection and having openings in the side flanges of the rear and frontportion of the skate, and a securing device made of two metal rods withthreaded end portions, a rod connecting plate, a tightening screw on thethreaded portion of each rod, and an acute angular hook formed outwardlyat the other end of each rod.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 12th day of January 1910.

MAX AUBERTEL.

WVitnesses CORINNE MYERS, LUDWIG Bnonna.

